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have had while securing it. Corn is the principal forage crop 

 grown, and there is also a very little millet raised. Market-garden 

 crops are late with average yields and prices. Potatoes will be 

 less than an average crop, but bring high prices now. There will 

 be a short crop of fruit, with the exception of plums, which prom- 

 ise a heavy yield. Pastures are in good average condition. Rye, 

 oats and barley are little raised. 



Montagxte (C. S. Raymond). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is making good growth but is late ; half the 

 crop will go into the silo. Hay is only a normal crop, but its 

 quality is very good. Oats and peas and corn are the principal 

 forage crops and are being grown in about the usual quantity. 

 Market-garden crops are in fair condition ; potatoes a light crop 

 with the price somewhat higher than usual. Fruit of all kinds will 

 be very poor. Pasturage is in fair condition. Rye, oats and bar- 

 ley are little raised. 



Wendell (N. D. Plumb). — Potato bugs are doing more damage 

 than for years. Corn is somewhat backward but looks A 1 ; 

 about three-fourths of the crop will be put into the silo. Hay was 

 a somewhat better crop than usual, especially new seeded fields. 

 Hungarian grass and barley are the principal forage crops grown 

 and there is an increase of 50 per cent in the acreage this year. 

 Potatoes are somewhat backward. Fruit will not give more than 

 a one-fourth crop. Pastures are in very good condition now, but 

 need rain. Rye, oats and barley are about normal crops. 



Neio Salem (Daniel Ballard). — Potato bugs, currant worms, 

 and in some places an insect which attacks the maple trees, are 

 doing damage. Indian corn is in good condition ; only a small 

 portion of the crop will go into the silo. Hay is above the aver- 

 age in quantity and is of excellent quality. Corn, oats, Hunga- 

 rian grass and some barley are raised for forage, in the usual 

 quantities. But few market-garden crops are raised, excepting 

 potatoes, which are backward and none harvested. Light crop of 

 apples and peaches ; pears more plenty. Pastures are in very 

 good condition, though the present hot, dry weather is injurious. 

 Rye and oats have been good crops ; but little barley is grown. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 



Greenwich ("Wm. S. Douglas). — Potato bugs are doing some 

 damage. Indian corn is in fair condition and only a very small 

 proportion of the crop will go into the silo. The hay crop was 

 much larger than last year. Oats are raised for forage to a small 

 extent. Market-garden crops, including potatoes, are later than 



